kerning kraziness
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:46 am
Ugh. Ok, i dig the power this program grants a designer, but having never made a font before i had no clue this kerning thing was going to be an issue.
First i did the auto kerning thing--using the extended script (not that i really understood what i was doing)--and the few pairs it brought up i figured out how to neaten up. Then i noticed in the preview window how uneven things were and manually changed all those...but then i realized just how many other pairs there could be…and as i started looking through the forum i began to cringe at some of the kerning related posts.
On top of this, even after setting MS word to accept kerning it is not working. Then i tried using my font in Illustrator and found out it's not working there, either--though in all honesty i'm not sure if it's supposed to or not...though i would have figured it should.
All i wanted to do was make a personal font for doing my comics...now i'm concerned that to deal with this kerning issue it'll be more hassle then it's worth. Can anyone tell me if kerning can work in illustrator...and if so, how to set it so it does...and if all that pans out, is there a straight forward tutorial for a novice like me to quickly tackle these bazillions of kerning pairs? Otherwise i'll just chalk up the last couple days to a learning experience, buy some fonts and forget about making my own.
First i did the auto kerning thing--using the extended script (not that i really understood what i was doing)--and the few pairs it brought up i figured out how to neaten up. Then i noticed in the preview window how uneven things were and manually changed all those...but then i realized just how many other pairs there could be…and as i started looking through the forum i began to cringe at some of the kerning related posts.
On top of this, even after setting MS word to accept kerning it is not working. Then i tried using my font in Illustrator and found out it's not working there, either--though in all honesty i'm not sure if it's supposed to or not...though i would have figured it should.
All i wanted to do was make a personal font for doing my comics...now i'm concerned that to deal with this kerning issue it'll be more hassle then it's worth. Can anyone tell me if kerning can work in illustrator...and if so, how to set it so it does...and if all that pans out, is there a straight forward tutorial for a novice like me to quickly tackle these bazillions of kerning pairs? Otherwise i'll just chalk up the last couple days to a learning experience, buy some fonts and forget about making my own.